The inadvisability of thoracoscopic lung biopsy on patients with pulmonary hypertension

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1067-1068

  Hasegawa, Seiki ^a   Isowa, Noritaka ^a   Bando, Toru ^a   Wada, Hiromi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; Endoscopic stapler; Lung biopsy; Pulmonary hypertension; Thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STAPLER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTOLE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036385723     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.3.1067     Document Type: Article

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